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I always liked Kieer31's picture of when he bought his first 31 Dodge, which is still under re-construction. I ran across this picture of my first 1934 Ford, when I was 26 years old (1972). With a one car garage this car had to be worked on in the yard because my wife's 65 Mustang Conv. had position of the garage. I finished the car in 1973 and the Glidden Tour came to town and I was hooked. Drove that car in many Glidden Tours and kept it for 26 years. We moved to a house with a 2 car garage, then 5 cars and finally 13. Had another 100 cars and enjoyed 41 National Tours including 11 Great Races, 13 Glidden's, 6 or 7 Sentimental's, 5 Founder's and countless Regional Tours. Met many wonderful people and would not trade this hobby for any other. Getting close to time/age to downsize.

Not mine, I love these years of Fords and this scruffy flathead 35 in the low 20's (says or best offer), could be lots of fun for someone. My Father in Law has a 36 and I really like the styling. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/412337228177637/

Just found this among my "stuff"!

I finally got the 1930 series 57 out of the gentlemen's garage that it has been residing since 1990. So it is "kinda" like a barn find with all the vermin that use to call it home. the best part was moving the other 5 cars that have been sitting in the driveway for the last 20'ish years.

This is my 1990 Reatta coupe. Just over 100kmi. Red over tan with the sunroof being the only option. It presents itself well, but I’ve got a laundry list of things to take care of.

Enjoying this "accidentally interesting" thread. I'm no Tom Cotton, but like many on here, I spend many days a year scouting through barns sheds and fields keeping an eye open for whatever lurks therein. Came across about 10 years ago this 1937 Buick Opera Coupe (last photo) at the time had been sitting since 1975, and is still there (and not for sale). But many on here have heard of my personal favorite find, a 1931 Chrysler CD8 Roadster, a rare Canadian made car (one of 4 or 5 made) found in the most Eastern point of mainland Canada in 2014, in a shed where it had been sitting forlorn out of sight for more or less 45 years. As I've related previously, I had heard of the mythical "big black Chrysler Roadster" from my Dad (a mechanic by trade) in the 70's and 80's while talking about old cars, but never looked for it as he told me it had likely been sold into the USA in the 60's. A mechanic friend of his had salvaged the car in 1952 in Sydney Cape Breton, from a scrap yard, rodded it (Cadillac/LaSalle/Auburn drivetrain) and in Dad's view it was a stunner. He passed away in 1999, and I never gave it another thought. While on a 300 mile trip back home in 2014, an old car pal tipped me off to a shed on an old car guy's property (owner had since passed away) where several years earlier he had seen a couple of old ones. Short story, went to see the widow, and there it was, the old Chrysler Roadster, with the Cadillac engine sitting beside it, rough, but rare. The widow said "my son and I decided to sell it yesterday afternoon" after it had sat in shed since 1969. Bought it without a moments hesitation, and 10 years later still a work in progress. The photos show first time I saw car in shed, pics from 1955, 1957, 1964, 1969, as current restoration, as hauled from shed in 2014, and the 1937 Buick, mentioned above. Like many long stored "barn finds", they are often in need of a mountain of work to make them decent and drivable, and as a result, you need to have a rare find, or something of sentimental value or both to make it worthwhile. Every time I work on my Chrysler I wish my Dad was here to give me a hand. Addition: Added picture showing the "other old car in the shed" a 1929 Essex 4 door Sedan, which was in much better shape eventually sold.

https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d/spokane-model-ford-speedster-fronty/7738078645.html Here’s the real deal. A Model T Speedster from back in the day. A 1920 Model T engine with a Frontenac Overhead conversion. This popular speed accessory increases the horsepower from the original 22hp to 40hp. Manufactured by Louis Chevrolet before he made cars and today is quite rare and highly sought after by Model T enthusiasts. Less than 500 miles on the rebuilt engine with new oversized aluminum pistons and valves and a new balanced SCAT crank. Has a rebuilt Stromberg carburetor and new rear axles and bearings. Transmission has been rebuilt and balanced and has Kevlar bands. New battery and starter. Sale includes the original wooden wheels that are in good condition. Car has Washington State title. email - 377aad441f0234de804da1bfaab36736@sale.craigslist.org

Who doesn’t aspire to be an “overfed long haired leaping gnome”......? Starring in a Hollywood movie........ THEN.......you know you’ve made it. Spill the Wine............

By the end of the day this is where I was at. I'll admit that it's not perfect but I can at least see what's there and it will have to do until I can to the other side of the shop. Just before I stopped for the day I pulled down this set of wheels and tires that a fellow is coming to get in the morning put replaced them with the 4 extra wheels that we have fro the 1930 Ford AA truck. I swear that wheels were filled with concrete! It's a good thing that my sister that those Dodge Journey wheels belongs to isn't on the forum - she doesn't know yet that they've been sold. I'll let her know when I send her the money - she no longer has that vehicle so I think that I'm safe and she lives over 5 hours away so I have a head start! Just for reference as to how high up those AA wheels went And one last picture for @JACK M Next up with be this corner...as long as I can find a home for that tree!

One of the worst things is being forced to listen to music you hate. I have a friend, Joe. Outstanding die maker, that got a job in a shop that played an endless loop of show tunes. He finally had to quit. Couldn't get them out of his head. Sometimes when our group is sitting around a camp fire, half in the bag, someone will start belting out Ethyl Mermon doing "There's no business like show business" as a joke at Joe's expense. Just a few bars is all it takes...........Bob

Good news everyone, I do not know the circumstances but the Sherriff just sent me an email that they found the car and it will be returned to the owner.

I found this barn one day when I was out driving around in my Riviera!

Speedsters are very personalized vehicles and somewhat a tough sell….I speak from personal experience. This is a nice one . All the money is in the motor on this one.

Am I wrong?

This car is a ca 1900 Delin (from Belgium), which still survives today.

This is for you 60 FlatTop. Hope you enjoy! I guess as the OP, I can hijack my own thread😀. You’re right about the Caddy shifting like a hot knife through butter. Pure joy

First. I made them. Second. I can,t say for sure but i beleive the shoulder bolt threads into the rail but the bolt threads are long enough to allow for a low profile nut and lock washer. That would prevent the shoulder bolt from backing out. If you can provide the bolt and broken off piece or a well dimensioned drawing i could make them for you. the parts book calls for a lock washer and nut. I personaly would be comfortable with no lock nut but using lock tite and monotoring the bolt for backing out over time. .....bob

Learning the struggle of Firestone rims and 33x 4 tires! lol

Our ride to lunch today…..

Yesterday was a big day for my 38 Buick, the owner of the shop, Troy, that has been working on the car and the mechanic that has done most of the work took the car for a shake down cruise around town. Troy and Chris were very impressed with how the car handled, the engine was very responsive, a slight amount of lag under full throttle which they were able to quickly adjusted away. Chris really liked the T-5 trans, said it was very smooth and quiet. The brake booster we added worked very well, light to the touch with good response. The car is back in the shop for a complete check over on all of the fasteners, etc. I really like the original 41-42 Buick air cleaner, looks great sitting on top of the Stormbergs, however, I don't like the oil bath feature. Following my suggestion the, air cleaner was modified to eliminate the oil bath and retro fit the unit to accommodate a modern disposable paper filter unit, a 6.5 x 3.5" WIX filter, One of the features of the T-5 trans is that since it is a modern trans it has provisions for a back up light. I really like modern touches to vintage cars, with that thought in mind I searched the internet for a. back up light. low and behold I came upon a NOS Guide B31, 1939-47... A stand alone light that would bolt to the bumper bar, and could be considered to be original equipment. A simple solution to a potential problem. Wm

1950 Plymouth.

Tracing Chrysler History?

Second that! It would be easier for them to just sit in their own garage for the same result.

Been awhile since I have had music playing in a garage/shop working on my cars. Looking for a small space to lease down here, and there will be music playing once again.

The verdict is now that I’ve spent $300 on a lifetime warranty starter I’m not going to spend more money on a box to defeat the start stop. Future failures will only cost me a couple hours so I’ll leave it. My rough estimation is that the start/stop has saved about $900 of gas over the life of the starter. If I was paying someone to do the work, it would probably be a wash.

This is not the 1st time of vibration complaints in this speed range for 1964-65 Rivieras. People post the issue here but seldom do we hear a follow-up if resolved or not. I do not recall similar complaints on the crude 1963 Propeller Shafts, even those that were shortened for transmission swaps. As for this situation, try unbolting at the pinion yoke, rotate 180 degrees and re-attach followed by a test drive. Perhaps this is not a balance issue as it appeared in previous posts. Maybe shaft angles? After 60 years, maybe the required shims under the center support bearing was left out? Perhaps a 1963 center support bearing was used in your Rivieras past? 1963 has a different height.

My car got restored. I stumbled on to it on YouTube:

Hi Alan Thanks for the notes. I have heard of some owners re-gearing their steering. One version was to cut and weld the pitman arm. But I'm not comfortable with that approach for mine. But I would consider changing to a different shorter pitman arm if I were to run across one. Mine does have the 26" boiler. It also has the later style "kidney" boiler water level gauge. I'm not sure if that was being used by '17 or not. Together they leave very little space around the steering box. I keep looking at the car and I think that the steering could be removed. Its just how many other bits have to be removed from it to gain enough access. It looks like the box has to move sideways about 2.5 inches to clear the frame (once the arm is off). But there is only an inch between the box and the water level gauge. I am planning to remove the burner assembly anyway to inspect the burner surface. I have some concerns about possible surface rust that may block some of the burner holes since the car has sat for several years. There is a layer of light flaky surface rust on the top boiler tubesheet and I expect to find more on the bottom. The burner holes are small and it wouldn't take much to plug some of them off. Fortunately it appears that the rust will brush off with only a little effort. With the burner out and if the level gauge is removed and a hood shelf removed (to be able to flex the splash shield slightly to get the arm off) and of course removing the steering wheel and bracket it should be possible to jiggle and maneuver the box down out from under the car. Presently the car is in what I consider my "clean garage" and I'm waiting until it gets moved into the workshop later this year before getting deeper into the dirty work like that.

I do always have the car on the ground when adjusting and setting up the panels. Thanks for the link, though it is currently listed as out of stock. This at least helps me with some more info.

Drove the Buick over to help a friend with his one off Model J, not a country drive.......mostly city........

GOOD WORK, SARGENT!

Another day, another brake job. Just your every day run of the mill world class car.

Parked since 1975. In basement of a farm house. This was after we aired up tires and put it on casters.

Did you REALLY expect an answer, 32? Ben

Here is one posted on Facebook this week.. It is in WI. They are all for sale..

All C6's ,,,pity. Generally with Fords { Merc's } the original motor is not as big a deal as with other makes. On several of the CJ's I have seen even the partial vin is almost impossible to read. Others I have seen are reasonably clear but far from all. And more or less impossible when the engine is installed. Al are you sure the partial vin is stamped on some of the heads ? I have only ever seen it at the back of the block , but I have no experience with 427 cars, just 428 CJ's. Mustangs , Cougars, Torino's and Cyclones. The very high $ big block cars are probably the exception to my yardstick of NOM not being that big a deal on Ford's and Merc's. GTE's. " 135 " Mustang's, KR Shelby's . Thunderbolts, 427 Fairlane's and the likes. Of them all I would say the GTE's do the least for me personally. Give me just a simple 68 1/2 regular production CJ Mustang and I would be happy { 4 speed only }.

Thank you for that research! The history of telephone communications is interesting, and very complicated. For all the talk of the ubiquitous "Ma Bell" for half a century? The reality was that telephone systems for more than a hundred years were mostly regional, and many of the companies were very small. I worked for over thirty years in communications systems contracting. We did it all, from digging the trenches to bury cables to servicing connections in people's homes and business. While most of our "bread and butter" work was television systems related, much of it was early programming by satellite, we also did a lot of information technologies (long before they called it "IT"), and some telephone systems. We serviced one of the last small local telephone companies in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. My dad was one of the last technicians that had real experience with and understood the old automatic dialer mechanisms. Some of the equipment we serviced dated from the 1920s! And replacement parts hadn't been made since the 1960s. Just a few years before my dad died, that system was taken over by one of the larger "small companies" and the switching went to modern digital equipment. Most local phone companies had to meet specific requirements for compatibility, however, as late as the 1980s, there were still many small local companies that had to connect long distance through a human operator. I have often wondered when some major area went to the modern exchange name and five numerical digits phone numbers. Thank you for that! It was something I did not know was quite that early. (It is amazing how far back some of these things do go?)

J-386? Ed, tell him to lose the pilot rays and the whitewalls.

This is the shop of Brooks- Ostruck coach builders taken from a period sales item that they issued to promote their ability and sales of their coach built bodies. Their shop was located on the west side of Manhattan ( N Y City) not far from Central Park on the South West corner , building remains mostly unaltered except for newer windows that are more energy efficient. . The building is still there . Both Emerson Brooks and Paul Ostruck were active in the automotive industry in New York City in the era immediately after WWI.

ZZTop Eliminator album this afternoon. Perhaps the best album cover ever?

Annual ride to see the early blooming Dafodils & Cherry blossoms.

Friend of mine found a 1919 International on the 4th floor of a toilet paper factory in Philadelphia many years ago. We found a '28 Model AA boarded up inside the screen of a local drive-in movie theatre.

We went out on a 125 mile drive today with some friends. Good drive not for the faint of heart.

Here are some pictures to show that I did have the tie rod and drag link off the Stanley for servicing and inspection. The parts cleaned up well and show only minimal wear. I did find though that there should be some leather "booties" on each end of the drag link to help keep the grease in and dirt out. I have some left over leather from another project that may help make some that will work. Its nice to work on an un-restored car where the bolts are all rusted and stuck. So far, nearly everything has come apart with hand tools and gentle force. Now for a bit of a comparison between a Stanley and Ford Model T from the same era. The Ford weighs about 1400 lbs dry, the Stanley about 3,800 dry. You may see in the pictures where some of that comes from.😉 Here is the Stanley tie rod beside a Ford T one. And the Stanley drag link beside a Ford T one.

My Chrysler and the wife's Corvair both get shell Rotella Much cheaper than an engine rebuild.

Perhaps a bit harsh, but I get your point. On the other hand, I don't see a problem asking a question like that on a forum like this - particularly when it comes to electrical issues. There can be dozens of reasons why something like a window stopped working, but it can be helpful to reach out to learn about the most common causes for a particular make/model, as that can allow even someone with reasonable expertise to focus their investigation and save some troubleshooting time...

Some additional information. I spent some time going through my reference library looking for information on Ross steering boxes. I found some notes that described a bit of the Ross history and design. From the notes, its appears that Ross started supplying steering boxes in the early 1920's or so. And that the early designs used shims between the main case and a side plate to adjust the mesh with the worm. After a few years, they redesigned the case to include an external screw and lock nut which allowed for the adjustment of the mesh of the pin and the worm with the steering still mounted in place. Unfortunately, it appears that I have one of the earlier designs. Here are some pictures from the Gasoline Automobiles reference book, c1940 that provided the additional information.

Hi All I;m copying this over from the Technical section so that there will be a more complete copy of the story here. Thank you for the comments and suggestions. I do agree that it would be better to remove it for a more detailed inspection and service. I did that with the tie rod and drag link. Off, apart, cleaned up, inspected then lubricated and re-installed. However, there is a problem with the steering box. Looking at the car it looks a lot like they installed the box on the bare frame, then built the rest around it. There is no path to take the steering box and column out without some potentially serious dismantling under the hood or perhaps even more. It has to go down through the firewall to come off. There is no removable panels in the body firewall or floor to allow it out that way. Here are some pictures to try to show the problem. Looking down on the steering box, it can't come up and out. The steam throttle is attached to the top of the box and above it is a water level gauge blowdown valve. Beside it with the fins is the boiler water level gauge. From underneath. The steering box cannot come forward and down without removing the boiler burner assembly and fuel supply lines. And then removing steering column mounting brackets at the dash, it may be possible to tilt it and take it down under the boiler support cross member (which is bolted for removal if the boiler is out). And then on top of all that. There may not be enough room to remove the pitman arm from the steering box before it hits the splash apron. Hopefully, if the frame mounting bolts are loosened first it would come off and allow the box to move in enough to get it off. So yes, the box needs to come off to be serviced. But it may have to wait until later when I have the burner off when it comes time to inspect it and pressure test the boiler. In the meantime it may just have to stay "as is" for now. Some more info on Ross steering next.

Greatest Barn Find of all time is the Bird Estate. Wallis Bird was a loaded sportsman who bought a new awesome car every year, barely drove it and then put it in his huge carriage house at his estate Farnsworth on Long Island. He died in a plane crash in 1941 and all the cars sat on blocks until 1962 when they were sold off. 3 Duesenbergs, the craziest SS Mercedes you ever saw, Bugatti 35, Hispano with an awesome Rollston body, Isotta, etc. I dare anybody to find anything better.

I occasionally still have music on, mostly old country, bluegrass or 50-70s R&R but for awhile now I have been mostly listening to assorted pod casts and New Old Time Radio shows. Jim...